And who are the first stars of the media of the future? Naturally, a bunch of has-been stars of yesterday's television shows, movies, and records. Here, a multimedia player's guide:
Robert Culp: I Spy's other half plays a wealthy industrialist who tries to prevent players from revealing a dark family secret that could prevent him from becoming the President of the U.S. in Voyeur, a Philips Media CD-i interactive movie.Corey Haim and Deborah Harry: The one thing that the formerly cute teen idol and former lead singer of Blondie have in common is their latest gig: Sega CD's Double Switch. In this haunted-house mystery, Haim convincingly plays a computer dweeb and Harry a harried apartment dweller.
Donald Sutherland: Okay, so he's not a has-been, but lately he's had more than his share of flops. In the intrigue-heavy Conspiracy(Virgin Games) he plays a former KGB agent.
Dana Plato: Child star, jailbird, Playboy model. It was only a matter of time before Kimberly from TV's Diff'rent Strokes would play a scantily clad college coed stalked by bloodthirsty vampires in the controversial Sega CD video game Night Trap.
Dennis Miller: Working his way back from his late-night talk-show flop, the one-time SNL wiseacre is doing stand-up on not one but two CD-Roms from Sanctuary Woods' I-laugh series: Dennis Miller, That's News to Me and Dennis Miller, That's Geek to Me.
